noun

  1. stinginess, miserliness.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
一文惜しみ いちもんおしみ
文惜
 
一文惜み いちもんおしみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
sentence, literature, style
ブン モン も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
pity, be sparing of, frugal
お.しい セキ (8th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
once upon a time, antiquity, old times
むかし セキ シャク (3rd, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)